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Subject: [Leica] Looking forward to a week of shooting with the DMR
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Tue May 17 17:28:30 2005
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You are being offered a good price. Depending on the condition of your RTS 
outfit, it might even be above the current market value.

Take the cash and buy yourself a Canon 100 mm Macro.

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Subject: Re: Re: [Leica] Looking forward to a week of shooting with the DMR


> Thanks Ted for the informative and prompt reply.
>
> Someone has offered to purchase my Contax RTS II with 25mm, 60mm and 85mm 
> f1.4 lenses for $1500. Another gent has offered an even swap for an 
> excellent condition 100mm Macro Elmarit (Non-ROM) lens. I am thinking of 
> going for the Macro Elmarit swap deal.
> Do you think this lens is truely a cut above the Zeiss lenses I will be 
> trading away?
> I would next add another Leica R wideangle lens as I am not exactly 
> thrilled with my Canon optics.
>
> Take care,
> Mike
>
>>From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
>>Date: Tue May 17 09:05:46 CDT 2005
>>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Looking forward to a week of shooting with the DMR
>
>>Michael J Herring asked:
>>> How are your results with the Leica glass on the Canon digital?
>>> I am thinking of going that way and starting with the 100mm Macro
>>> Elmarit.<<<<
>>
>>Hi Mike,
>>
>>Given there are a number of us on the list already shooting in this 
>>fashion,
>>Canon 20D and or other Canon models using Leica lenses via adapters of 
>>some
>>make, I know we'd all respond in similar fashion....... it works extremely
>>well. Actually better than that! ;-)
>>
>>There is a definite difference between image quality with Canon glass and
>>Leica lenses. One would surely hope so. I've found the Leica lenses do 
>>what
>>they usually do on film, nice crispy excellent colour renditions. So far
>>I've used the following R Leica lenses on the 20D with excellent results,
>>
>>R15mm
>>21-35 zoom
>>35-70 zoom
>>100 2.8 macro
>>80-200 zoom
>>80mm 1.4
>>280 2.8
>>400mm
>>
>>And whatever else is kicking around here. Sure there's a focal length 
>>change
>>due to the sensor, but who cares, it goes with the territory, live with 
>>it.
>>But the bottom line is..... it works! Very well.
>>
>>This is one of the reasons I'm not wringing hands nor crying over the 
>>Leica
>>situation of nothing but delays over their digi back for the R8-9. Simply
>>because, why should we? I mean it might be different if I had a few 
>>million
>>$'s invested in the company, I don't! However I do have a very sizable
>>amount invested in their glass and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit 
>>around
>>whining, crying, peeing my pants waiting for Leica to get their act
>>together... if ever about this digital situation.
>>
>>Certainly when there's an excellent ready to go offering from Canon or 
>>other
>>digi camera manufacturer. And getting excellent results using what most
>>people say... "I use Leica for the lenses!"  And if that's the case, why 
>>sit
>>around waiting for a DMR back when one can have great fun gaining 
>>experience
>>in digital right at the moment.
>>
>>And in the event you still wish to pop a dozen grand to go DMR in the
>>future, you'll be rockin' & rollin' in digital shooting experience and be
>>able to put the DMR into immediate use.
>>
>>But right now?  heck man I'd go Canon, whatever model in a heart beat! It
>>can't get any better and still use those wonderful Leica lenses. I mean
>>after all, surely you didn't buy them to sit on the shelf?
>>
>>ted
>>
>>
>>
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